f 24 (Summary of sixteenth-century accounts)
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William Bromley & Thomas Gryme were wardens of the high Church Called St Maryes & it seemeth that all these following were of the Companie because I find a note of certaine sommes of money receaued in this manner following viz
| li. s. d. | |
| Imprimis receaued of Thomas wydder at the Hobby Horse | 00 09 10 |
| Thomas Bromley | 00 11 06 |
| william Bromley | 00 06 00 |
| Thomas Gryme | 00 10 00 |
| Iohn Dorringtonn | 00 08 10 |
| William Myddelton | 00 07 08 |
| Thomas Bulkley | 00 09 03 |
| Thomas Pattrick | 00 06 01 |
| Robert Leys | 00 07 01 |
| Inet Crompton | 00 05 07 |
| Iohn Massey | 00 05 06 |
| Henry Sauage | 00 05 09 |
| William Horne | 00 05 08 |
| Thomas Craddock | 00 05 00 ob. |
| William Blackburne | 00 07 02 ob. |
| Richard Homersley | 00 06 10 |
| Iohn Sauage | 00 04 02 |
| Iohn Mylles | 00 04 01 |
| Richard Dyllorne | 00 05 04 |
| Robert Lent | 00 05 09 |
| Austen ffryers | 00 06 00 |
| St Chadd Church | 00 02 01 |
It seemed that in thyse dayes the ffryers and also St Chadds Church did at the hobbyhorse tyme vse the same or some other order for the Collectinge of money euen as the Company didd.
f 25
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Also they accounte and saye Item lost in Course money gathered at the hobbey horse (blank)
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Churchwardens Austen Fryers Lost in Course money at the hobbyhorseIt is impossible to ascertain if this record of the hobby horse on f 25 is a copy of the one in the preceding entry; however, because they occur under different dates both extracts have been included with the caution that the transcriber of this record might have confused the date.
Record title: Bailiffs', Churchwardens',
and Mayors' Accounts
Repository:
STRO
Shelfmark: D1323/E/1
Repository location: Stafford
This volume contains (a) copies of earlier accounts, beginning in 1519, which are in the same hand as entries for the years 1611 onwards, so they presumably were copied by the town clerk or his scribe; (b) accounts of bailiffs, chamberlains, churchwardens, and schoolwardens, because the accounts of the minor officials were presented and approved by the corporation officials before being entered into the town book. In the transcriptions, the entries from the churchwardens are differentiated from the bailiffs' (later the mayors') accounts because they originated from different authorities. The churchwardens' accounting year was 21 December–20 December, with the accounts presented to the bailiffs between 13 February and 19 March, the Friday following Quadragesima Sunday. The bailiffs' accounting year was 18 October–17 October, with the accounts similarly being presented between 13 February and 19 March. The mayoral accounting year was later adjusted slightly to begin the next Monday after St Luke's Day (ie, 27 October).
1611–62; English; paper; v + 353; 350mm x 225mm (text area variable); modern pencil foliation to f 310 (ff 5–19, 21, 152, 161, 179, 250, 305–53 blank; 60–2, 142–7, 149–50, 153–7, 168, 244–7, and 253 missing; 158, 166, 167, 193, and 201 foliated twice [a/b]; 221 foliated thrice [a/b/c]); early tooled calf binding, much worn, with loose leather cover; remains of brass closures; also preserved is an older (perhaps original?) parchment binding which has title on inside front and back covers: 'Burgiis Stafford Liber Compotus This book was bought and In<.>veded by Richard Drakeford and Iohn Wilson Bailiffes of the said Borough vicesimo die Novembris Anno regn Domini Iacobi vnum Regis Anglie & Nono Scocie <......> gracias. 1611 IS R Drakeford I Willson Bailliffs.' On f [ii] is written: 'The Old Book of Accounts.'